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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Charles Darwin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Justin Meredith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Meredith has chosen The Rolling Stones - Paint it, Black as his entrance music. Justin Meredith has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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192 lbs
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200 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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ADCC Champion
Good kicks
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Charles Darwin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Justin Meredith!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Sam Margolis and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jab from Meredith.
Meredith closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Darwin tries for a takedown but Meredith manages to get underhooks.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Meredith just misses with a elbow thrown towards Darwin's brow.
Darwin takes an elbow to the forehead.
It looks like Charles Darwin has been cut.
Meredith unloads a knee to the mid-section. Darwin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Meredith throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Meredith stops a takedown attempt from Darwin.
Darwin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Meredith tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Meredith missing with knees to the body.
Meredith gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Darwin.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Charles Darwin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Meredith working Darwin over with knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Meredith lands an elbow inside.
Meredith lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Meredith is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Meredith tries to land a knee to the head but Darwin blocks with his arms.
Darwin blocks an elbow strike from Meredith.
Meredith is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Darwin is defending well for now.
Meredith throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Darwin has Meredith pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Meredith manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Meredith lands a damaging elbow.
Meredith lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Darwin avoids a wild elbow strike from Meredith.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Meredith just misses with a elbow thrown towards Darwin's brow.
Darwin is trying to drag Meredith to the mat but Meredith just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Darwin gets control of Meredith's arms and successfully pulls guard. Darwin will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meredith pushes down on Darwin's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Meredith is thwarting Darwin's attempts to control the position.
Darwin tries to get to full guard but Meredith has control of the leg.
Meredith is trying to control. Darwin wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Darwin tries to roll over but Meredith keeps him under control.
Meredith tries to pass to full mount but Darwin defends it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Meredith moves into full mount! Darwin won't be happy about that!
Darwin is looking to improve his position but Meredith isn't that keen on the idea.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darwin takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Darwin is wriggling around trying to escape.
Darwin tries to hold on but Meredith pushes him away.
Darwin is in all sorts of trouble here.
Darwin in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Meredith tries to control but Darwin wriggling away.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Darwin is in a horrible position here. Meredith smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Meredith can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Darwin is looking to escape.
Darwin keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Darwin is squirming around, avoiding Meredith's attempts to control the action.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Meredith looking to ground and pound but Darwin is blocking nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Darwin is wriggling around trying to escape.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Darwin is working hard here to advance position.
Meredith looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Meredith unloading with bombs!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Darwin is trying to escape the mount.
Meredith looking for a guillotine from mount but Darwin is having none of it.
Darwin can't escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Justin Meredith dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Charles Darwin's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
A big right from Meredith misses.
Darwin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Meredith.
Darwin misses with a straight right.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Meredith.
Darwin works Meredith's body with a nice hook.
Darwin looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Darwin is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Meredith tries to get to full guard but Darwin has control of the leg.
Meredith is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Darwin's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Darwin's back!
Darwin manages to reverse the position and now he's in Meredith's guard. Nice work there by Darwin.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Darwin wants to control from the top but Meredith keeps moving.
Meredith looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Meredith looking for a guillotine here but Darwin defends easily.
Darwin works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Meredith is not content to let Darwin control the position.
Darwin is pressing down on Meredith's thigh, looking to free his foot. Meredith is holding on for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meredith trying to control but Darwin postures up.
Darwin is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Meredith sees it coming and defends easily.
Darwin stalling away here and it's allowed Meredith to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Darwin trying to control the position from guard on top but Meredith is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Darwin pushing down on Meredith's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Meredith regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Darwin.
Darwin trying to control but Meredith is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darwin sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Meredith's guard.
Darwin is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Darwin is trying to work for a kimura but Meredith is defending well.
Darwin wants to lay and pray for a moment but Meredith keeps working.
Darwin is working for a submission of some sort.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Darwin looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Meredith moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Darwin postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Meredith is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Darwin, into his guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Charles Darwin dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Charles Darwin's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Darwin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Meredith moves away.
Darwin throws a jab when Meredith was well out of range.
A combination from Darwin does no damage.
Darwin scores with a hook to the body. Meredith takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Darwin stuns Meredith with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Darwin gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Meredith connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Meredith takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Darwin has closed the distance and engaged Meredith in a clinch.
Meredith looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Meredith throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Meredith throws an elbow but it misses.
Darwin dodges an elbow strike from Meredith.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Darwin blocks an elbow strike from Meredith.
Meredith throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Darwin working hard to break the clinch.
Meredith looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Meredith gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Darwin.
Darwin tries to score a body lock takedown but Meredith shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Charles Darwin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Knees to the body from Meredith.
Darwin drops down looking for an ankle pick but Meredith pulls his leg out and moves away.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A left and a right from Meredith both land. Nice combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Darwin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Meredith.
Darwin takes one to the chin there.
Meredith misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
A punch combination from Meredith misses.
Meredith on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Darwin fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Sloppy strikes from Darwin. Those never looked like landing.
Donk. Meredith catches Darwin right on the button with a cross.
Darwin pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A telegraphed right hand from Darwin misses the target.
Darwin dodges the punch combination from Meredith.
Darwin misses with a looping right.
Darwin throws a looping overhand right but Meredith ducks down to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meredith looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Charles Darwin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Meredith, as that shot connected.
Darwin missing with a left hand there. Meredith was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Darwin ducks right into an uppercut from Meredith.
Darwin dives in and scores a takedown into Meredith's guard.
Darwin trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Meredith manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Darwin has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Meredith is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Darwin.
Meredith scoring with punches and elbows.
Darwin is trying to improve his position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Meredith wants to lay and pray for a moment but Darwin keeps working.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Darwin tries to buck Meredith off but Meredith is having none of it.
Darwin manages to work his way to half guard, despite Meredith's best efforts.
Meredith lands with a punch from half guard.
Meredith works his foot free and advances to mount.
Darwin is bucking up trying to escape but Meredith cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Justin Meredith has got the better of the ground game so far.
Darwin is trying desperately to improve position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Meredith misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Meredith looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Meredith wants to control the pace but Darwin is squirming around nicely.
Darwin sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Justin Meredith.
I think Meredith has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Justin Meredith!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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